Store-front and show-case construction.



H. S. OONROW. STORE FRONT AND SHOW CASE CONSTRUCTION I APPLICATION FILEDAUG.16, 1909.

958,228. Patented May 17, 1910.

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HENRY SQ CONROW, OF'WICHIT'A, KANSAS.

STORE-FRONT AND SHOVV-CASE CONSTRUCTIONi Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 17, 1910.

Application fi1ed==August 16, 1909. Serial Ila-513,012

This invention relates to store front and show caseconstructions andparticularly to corner and divisionormullion bars for" such structures,-and-it has for its object to provide a simple, durable, comparativelyinexpensive device-the partsof 'Which are adapted to be quickly andreadily assenibled and arranged in position and to be removed therefromwithout th'eabsolute neces-- sity for the employment of skilledlabor,and which is adapted to be used either as a division: ormullion bar, oras a corner bar, without change or alteration in the parts comprisingthe device, and'it consists of the parts and combinations of partshereinafter described: and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming" a part of thisspecification,ljigure'l is a horizontal section through my improveddevice showing its arrangement and position when in use. Fig. 2 is aView in elevation showing the clamping member. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation, the bar being broken away to show the underlying parts. Fig.4 is a detail perspective view of the clip. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof a wall or foot post for securing the bar to the construction.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout all the views.

So far as I am aware, the mullion or division bars now used in showcase, show window or store front constructions to hold or secure theabutting glass plates in place are not, without change or alteration instructure, adapted to be used as corner posts or bars, nor are thelatter adapted to be used as division or mullion bars. Thus, it isnecessary to provide separate devices for the corners or at bends wherethe abutting glass plates are to be set at angles to each other, and atpoints between the ends or corners where the glass plates are to be setin the same plane.

Now, it is the object of this invention to provide a bar equally welladapted for use as a division or mullion bar and as a corner bar withoutinany way changing theconstruction, form or shape ofthebar.

Referring to v the drawings A represents the-glass plates for ashowcase, or storefront construction, and B the division or mullion andcorner bar for engaging and holding'the abutting: glass plates in theirproper position whether the same be arranged in the same plane, asshown-in fulllines, or-at angles to each other, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 1.

The bar Bcoinprises, preferably, a se1ni circular or curved striporplate ofnietal, although any other suitable shape or form maybe giventhe same in cross section, having'its side edges bentor turned sharplyinward toward its body portion, as at a, to provide a bearing forthe'clip O, and to permit'of the angular adjustment of the glass plates;Also the bending in of'the edges (4' provides a blunt or-rounded edge a"at-each side of the bar for engagementor contact with the glass plates.

The clip C is formed from a plate having its sideed-ges'bentntan obtuseangle, as at 0, to engage the bent edges of the bar'B, and said clip ispierced for the passage of a bolt D by which the glass plates areclamped or secured in position.

F represents the clamping member of the device which consists of a metalplate 01' strip bent on itself to provide the central bearing portionf,'and the sides 6, and having its edges bent or turned sharply inwardlyto provide the blunt or rounded contact edges 0. The ends or edges ofthe inturned portions of the sides are preferably bent toward each otherto form a guide for the clamping or adjusting bolt D which eX- tendsbetween or past said edges and through an opening therefor formed in thebearing portion f of the clamping member to receive a nut E by which theparts are adjusted and the glass plates clamped in place.

To secure the bar in place to the construction at corners and atdivision points 1 provide the device shown in Fig. 5, which consists ofa wall or foot plate 0, perforated to receive fastening screws, a braceor strength ening rib g and the triangular shaped post It, allpreferably cast in one piece, said post being adapted to fit snuglywithin the clamping member at its ends. By the use of the post it Iobviate the necessity for riveting or otherwise securing lugs to theends of the mullion bars or corner bars to secure the latter to thejambs, sills, or other parts of the construction as is now usually done.

In use the parts of the bar are assembled and the posts 71 inserted inthe ends of the clamping member and then secured to the construction byscrews at the proper points or locations. The glass plates are theninserted between the rounded edges a, c, of the bar B and the clampingmember 0, and properly adjusted to the position desired. It theconstruction is such that two or more plates are to be used in the frontor sides thereof, the bar is arranged and fixed to the construction atthe proper distance from the corner and wall, or from each other, andthe adjacent edges of the glass plates inserted, as above described, andthe nut run on the bolt D to draw the clip and clamping member towardeach other and thus clamp the glass plates in place. If the bar is beingused at a corner or bend the glass plates are first adjusted to theproper angle and the nut then run on the bolt to clamp them in theiradjusted positions. In either case the bolt draws the clip against thelips at the bar B and the clamping member toward the lips and thuscauses the blunt or rounded edges a, -c, of the bar and clamping,respectively, to engage the glass at diametrically opposite sides of theplate and thus firmly holds the same in place without injurious strainthereon.

Ample space is provided in the clamping member to run electric lightwires should it be desired to employ the same for illuminating purposes.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A device for store front and show case constructions, comprising anouter metal plate having its side edges bent inwardly at a sharp angleto its body portion to form lips and having rounded contact edges at thecrotch of the angle, an inner metal plate having its side edges bent toform rounded contact edges, the last named edges being diametricallyopposed to the first named edges, a clip for engaging the lips on theouter plate, and means for connecting said clip and the inner plate foradjusting the same toward each other, whereby the abutting edges ofglass plates may be clamped between the rounded edges of said inner andouter plates and said plates disposed in the same vertical plane or atan angle to each other.

2. A device for store front and show case constructions, comprising anouter metal plate having its side edges bent inwardly to form lips, aclip for engaging said lips, an inner metal plate bent upon itself andhaving its edges turned inwardly, means engaging said clip and saidinner plate for clamping said plates on interposed glass plates, and apost adapted to enter the ends of said inner plate and to be secured tothe construction to hold the device firmly in position.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY S. CONROW.

Witnesses:

JOHN WV. ERRIGKSEN, OSCAR SEERMAN.

